February, 2026

From Suno’s BMG breakthrough to Live Nation’s counterfeit crackdown… it’s MBW’s Weekly Round-up
The biggest headlines from the past few days... Source...

California’s 10% ticket resale price cap dies in Senate committee, as StubHub’s state lobbying spend hits $3.4M this year
A companion ticketing measure, AB 1349, was released from suspense at the same hearing and can now proceed to a Senate vote. Source...

Ronald Isley and Rudolph Isley’s estate end court fight over The Isley Brothers trademark
The dismissal with prejudice bars Rudolph Isley's estate from bringing the same claims again. Source...

Bill Ackman, who called Universal Music ‘one of the best businesses we have ever owned’, steers clear of music in Pershing Square stock-buying splurge
Bill Ackman‘s Pershing Square has disclosed six new stock investments in its first quarterly shareholder letter as a publicly listed company. None of the six is a music company. The new positions in...

Let’s reinvent the Libera Awards as a platform for independent music
Bill Werde argues that while there is much to admire about The Libera Awards, there is also much, much more it could be doing with and for independent music... Source...

Jamendo drops its copyright infringement lawsuit against Suno, six weeks after filing it
The withdrawal arrives as Suno rewrites the rules of its platform, saying it will adopt audio watermarking and fingerprinting technology in the coming weeks. Source...

After BTS snub, the Grammys reconsiders new ‘Asian Pop’ category
Harvey Mason jr. and other Grammy leaders have been in talks with music communities across K-pop, J-pop, C-pop, India and more, the Academy said. Source...

Megan Thee Stallion inks deal with UMG’s Interscope – and keeps ownership of her masters
Megan retains complete ownership of her masters and publishing, and will keep releasing music through her own company, Hot Girl Productions. Source...

Live Nation settles lawsuit over injury at Luke Bryan concert
A concertgoer sued Live Nation in 2024, alleging he suffered a traumatic brain injury during a Luke Bryan show at a US amphitheater the company operates. Source...

5 things to know about Suno’s BMG licensing deal, download caps, watermarks, and more
The BMG deal supplies the rights; the caps and the watermarks supply the controls. The other two are new exits: one professional, one physical. Source...

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